AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Colorado > Quartz with negative crystal cavities and inclusions |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 76996 |
Mineral: | Quartz with negative crystal cavities and inclusions |
Locality: | Biedell Creek Quartz Prospects, Crystal Hill, 12.5 km northwest of La Garita, Saguache County, Colorado |
Description: | Several lustrous transparent colorless quartz crystals with many negative crystal cavities (crystal-shaped hollow voids) and white inclusions. The quartz crystals have three dominant prism faces and three-faced pyramidal termination faces. Collected ca. 1975. This quartz outcrop was completely excavated by open pit mining ca. 1983. |
Overall Size: | 53x14x12 mm |
Crystals: | 12-36 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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